Sunday 7th April 2024

Returning Staffs 2024 arrival

Belvide Resv

Grasshopper Warbler reeling this am also Reed Warbler, 

Middleton Lakes

Whitethroat by the benches, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 5x Oystercatcher, 4x Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Great Egret, 2x Shelduck, Goosander, 4x Sand Martin, 3x Swallow, 7x Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, (MSm)  -  Arctic Tern thru at 15:55, Green-winged Teal still on JW south, 14x Sand Martin, 4x Swallow, LRP, (SPA)

Blithfield Resv

c250 Sand Martin, c40 Swallow, 5x House Martin, (GJM)

Branston GPs

Greenshank (1st this year) this am, flew off at 16:30,  (DSc)  -  3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Common Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 2x Ringed Plover, 15x Curlew, 7x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret, Water Rail, Scaup, 28x Goldeneye, 30x Shelduck, 14x Shoveler, 50x Teal, 10x Pochard, 2x Mandarin, 16x Gadwall, Goosander,  42x Little Grebe, YL Gull, 1w Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 5x House Martin, 100x Swallow, 300x Sand Martin, 3x White Wagtail, 18x Egyptian Geese, 7x Willow Warbler, 25x Fieldfare, Redpoll, (DSc, JWo)

                                                      Greenshank by Dave Scattergood

Chasewater

300x Sand Martin, 2x House Martin, 3x Swallow, Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, Little Egret, 2x Oystercatcher,  (IMB, Kay)

Amerton Meadows flood (east of Stafford)

Ruddy Shelduck, 2x Shelduck, 5x White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 5x Wheatear, Curlew, 2x Oystercatcher, (RSw)

Radford Meadows Stafford

3x Little Egret, 24x Wigeon, 15x Gadwall, 3x Goosander, 10x Shelduck, 52x Shoveler, Pintail, 2x House martin, 6x Sand Martin, 3x Cetti's Warbler, Oystercatcher, (RSw)

Doxey Marsh

Osprey drifting high north at 12:30, 5x Oystercatcher, 2x Shelduck, 2x Little Egret, Sand Martins, House Martins, Swallows, Cetti's Warblers, Blackcap,  (GHa)

Silverdale CP

Grasshopper Warbler reeling this am, 2x Stonechat, (JHu)

Enville

Redstart east of Hollies Dingle

Tucklesholme

Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2x LRP, Common Sandpiper, 3x Swallow, 10x Sand Martin, 4x Oystercatcher, Blackcaps, (Kay)

Tittesworth Water

Curlew, 4x Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 3x Goosander, Mandarin, Swallow, 4x Willow Warbler, 5x Blackcap, (JOa, LH, KH)

Trentham Gardens

Common Sandpiper, House Martins, Swallows, Sand Martins, (PBi)

Westport Lake

Goosander, GC Grebe, 8x Swallow, 4x House Martin, 2x Sand Martin, 2x Willow Warbler, 3x Blackcap, 3x Greenfinch, (KSt, WeBS)

Eccleshall

Red Kite over Swynnerton Road at 16:30, (RPl)